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Metabolic bariatric surgery versus GLP-1 receptor agonists in dialysis patients with diabetes and obesity: a target trial emulation study.

Article C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

This study compared weight-loss surgery and GLP-1 drugs in people on dialysis. It looked at 1,818 people who had surgery and 2,111 who took a different diabetes drug. It is an observational study, so it shows a link, not proof of cause.

Who did this work

Gao C · Menon G · Chen Y · Li Y · Bae S · Lonze BE · Ren-Fielding CJ · Chhabra KR · Segev DL · McAdams-DeMarco MA · Orandi BJ

Source

Article · PubMed, the drug frontier · 2026 Sep 21
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42907282/